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PEOPLE v. RAVITZ

Docket No. 8,435.

26 Mich. App. 263 (1970)

182 N.W.2d 75

PEOPLE v. RAVITZ

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henrietta E. Rosenthal, Judicial Assistant to the Judges of Recorder's Court of Detroit, for the people.

Sheldon Otis and David B. Rosenthal, for defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Law Center for Constitutional Rights (by William J. Bender, Edward Carl Broege, Arthur Kinoy, William M. Kunstler, Michael Sayer, Morton Stavis, Nancy Stearns, and Peter Weiss).

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (by Sheridan V. Holzman, Sheldon M. Meizlish, Erwin B. Ellmann and Joel M. Shere [James K. Robinson, of counsel]).

Michigan Chapter of the American Trial Lawyers Association (by Maurice Kelman).

National Lawyers Guild, Detroit Chapter (by Marc Stickgold, Charles Barr, William Goodman, Dean Robb, Hugh Davis, Ronald Reosti, and Michael Smith).

National Lawyers Guild (by Eric A. Seitz).

National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (by Richard A. Greenberg).

Southern Legal Action Movement (by James E. Keenan and W. William Hodes).

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and O'HARA, JJ.

O'HARA, J.

This is a case of claimed criminal contempt committed in the court's presence. It concerns the very fine line that separates the right of the trial judge to supervise all the aspects of any proceeding before him and to enforce this supervision by statutorily prescribed punishment and the right of an attorney to pursue with vigor and thoroughness the defense of a client charged with a very serious offense.

In this case, the charge was armed robbery...

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